List of alumni of Ananda College

This is a List of Anandians, alumni of the Ananda College Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Religion

• Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero - Sri Lankan scholar monk and a personality of Theravada Buddhism in the twentieth century
• Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa - former president of the Theosophical Society Adyar and author

Head of Government

Prime Ministers

• Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, MP - former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (note: - Also listed in Legislators)

Ministers and legislators

Current

Government benches

• Basil Rajapaksa - Minister of Economic Development and Member of Parliament
• Achala Jagodage- Member of Parliament
• Rajitha Senaratne - Cabinet Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development
• Dullas Alahapperuma - Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development and Member of Parliament
• Gitanjana Gunawardena - Current Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning and former Deputy speaker of Parliament
• Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena - Minister of Agriculture.
• Mohan Lal Grero - chairman, Lyceum Group of Companies and Member of Parliament
• P. Dayaratna - Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament
• Tissa Vitharana - Cabinet Minister of Science and Technology, Professor of microbiology and leader of the LSSP

Opposition benches

• Ajith Perera - current member of Parliament, Kaluthara District
• Karu Jayasuriya - former Minister, MP & Current deputy leader of the United National Party
• Arjuna Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka Test Cricket Captain and Member of Parliament

Former

• Bimal Rathnayaka - former Member of Parliament
• D. P. Atapattu - ex Member of Parliament for Beliatte, Secretary to the Minister of State, 1965–70
• Dingiri Bandara Welagedara - former Cabinet Minister of Plan Implementation and former Governor of North Central Province
• I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla - former Minister of Education
• N. M. Perera - Founder & Leader of LSSP & former Minister Of Finance
• N. R. Rajavarothiam - Ceylon Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament
• Wickremabahu Karunaratne - Leader of the Nava Lanka Samasamaja Party.Served as a Provincial Councillor representing Colombo District.
• Lakshman Jayakody - former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister & Presidential Advisor
• Indradasa Hettiarachchi- former Minister of Industries
• S.A.Wickramasinghe- former senator and founder of the Sri Lanka Communist Party
• Herbert Sri Nissanka- formemr Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
• William de Silva- former Cabinet Minister
• Ossie Abeygunasekara - former leader of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party
• Philip Gunawardena - Served as Minister of Agriculture in 1956 Cabinet & Minister of Fisheries
• R. M. Dharmadasa Banda - ex minister of Agriculture
• Rohitha Bogollagama - former minister of Foreign Affairs and ex Member of Parliament.
• Tudor Gunasekara - former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha and the first Sri Lanka Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)
• Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra - former Member of Parliament
• Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi - former Colombo District Minister and Member of Parliament (Kolonnawa)

Mayors

• N. M. Perera - former Mayor of Colombo, Founder & Leader of LSSP & former Minister Of Finance
• Karu Jayasuriya - former Mayor of Colombo, former Minister, MP & Current deputy leader of the United National Party

Diplomats

• W. S. Karunaratne - former Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States of America and Mexico
• Wasantha Karannagoda - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan, Secretary Ministry of Highways & Road Development, National Security Advisor, Commander of the Navy(note: - Also listed in Military)
• Gunasena de Soyza - Civil Servant ; former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• J B Disanayake - Writer, Language Specialist, former Head of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo & Sri Lanka Ambassador to Thailand
• Tudor Gunasekara - former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha and the first Sri Lanka Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (note: - Also listed in Ministers and legislators)
• Karu Jayasuriya- Fomer Sri Lanka Ambassador to Germany

Military

Sri Lankan Army

• General Sarath Fonseka - former Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Commander of the Army
• Lt. Col. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa - Defence Secretary, Ministry of Defence
• Major General Lakshman Algama - VSV, USP, ndc, psc (June 2, 1940 – December 18, 1999 †) former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army
• Lt. A.P.N.C. De S. Vaas Gunawardene - Sri Lankan commissioned officer

Sri Lankan Navy

• Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan, Secretary Ministry of Highways & Road Development, National Security Advisor , Commander of the Navy (note: - Also listed in Diplomats)

Sri Lanka Police

• Sumith Liyanage- former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka

Academics

• Kumaradasa Rajasuriya - Former Professor of Medicine, University Of Ceylon
• Dr. LH Sumanadasa - Pilot, Engineer, Educator and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon and founder of the University of Moratuwa
• Stanley Wijesundera - former Colombo University vice chancellor
• Ravindra Fernando - Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo
• D. Shelton A. Gunaratne- Professor of Mass Communications Emeritus affiliated with Minnesota State University Moorhead, USA
• Harendra de Silva - Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama
• Suwanda HJ Sugunasiri- Author, Buddhist Leader and Scholar , Professor of University of Toronto
• Wickremabahu Karunaratne - Lecturer of Electronics at Peradeniya University & the Leader of Nava Samsamaja Party
• W.S. Karunaratne - Professor of Buddhist Philosophy & Comparative Religion at Peradeniya University. Also serves as Dean, Faculty of Arts and as a member of The Board of regents of University of Sri Lanka
• Chandre Dharma-wardana - Scientist, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Université de Montréal

Industrialists and corporate executives

• Thilan Wijesinghe - former Chief of BOI & CEO of Forbes & Walker Ltd.

Sports

• Ajit de Silva - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Akalanka Ganegama - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
• Arjuna Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka Test Cricket Captain and Member of Parliament
• Avishka Gunawardene - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Brendon Kuruppu - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Chandika Hathurusingha - Former Test Cricketer & National Junior Coach
• Charith Senanayake - Sri Lankan Test Cricketer
• Dammika Ranatunga - Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Dinesh Chandimal - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Dinuka Hettiarachchi - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Dulip Samaraweera - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Hemantha Wickramaratne - former ODI Cricketer
• Mahela Udawatte - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
• Marvan Atapattu - former Sri Lanka Test Cricket Captain
• Mithra Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Muthumudalige Pushpakumara - Sri Lankan ODI cricketer
• Nishantha Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka ODI cricketer, Secretary Sri Lanka Cricket
• Sanjeeva Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Sachithra Senanayake - Sri Lanka ODI Cricketer
• Sanjeewa Weerasinghe - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
• Sidath Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Sunil Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Opening Batsman
• Thilan Samaraweera - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
• Thilina Kandamby - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer

Engineers

• Dr. LH Sumanadasa - Pilot, Engineer, Educator and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon and founder of the University of Moratuwa
• B. D. Rampala - Engineer; Former General Manager Of Ceylon Railways
• R. G. de S. Wettimuny - Buddhist writer and Double Chartered Engineer (Mechanical and Civil)

Lawyers

• Justice V. Sivasubramaniam - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
• justice P. Sriskandarajah - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
• Gamini Perera - Senior Lawyer and Legal Consultant
• Ye Htoon - prominent Burmese lawyer and entrepreneur

Medicine

• Ravindra Fernando - Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo
• Harendra de Silva - Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
• Gamini Wickremasinghe - MD, Informatics Group
• C G Uragoda - Physician, Author, Folklorist, Historian and Conservationist

Poets, novelists and academic writers

• Sunanda Mahendra - Author & Critic

Media personalities and journalists

• Regi Siriwardena - Sri Lankan journalist, poet, writer, playwright and writer of screenplays
• Nishantha Ranatunga - CEO CSN TV

Artists

• Dayananda Gunawardena - Playwright, actor, lyricist, radio play producer, and Sinhala Radio Play writer.
• D. B. Nihalsinghe, Film director; founding CEO and General Manager of the State Film
• Lucky Dias - T.V. and film actor
• Malaka Dewapriya - Video Artist and Short Film maker
• G. B. Senanayake - Prominent Sinhala writer
• Premakeerthi De Alwis - composer and narrator
• Titus Thotawatte - Legendary Film Director

Other prominent alumni

• Dayananda de Silva- Radio journalist and Visiting Lecturer in Journalism, University of Colombo